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Eagan Football Future Uncertain As MSHSL Releases New Sections

Section 3AAAAAA will include Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Park Cottage Grove, Prior Lake and Rosemount

The Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) has released its new Class 6A football sections, which are set to take affect in the 2012 season.

Section 3AAAAAA will include Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Park Cottage Grove, Prior Lake and Rosemount. The eight teams will compete in section play, with one team advancing to the new four-team Class 6A state tournament, it was reported on the MSHSL website.

The that it would expand to a six-class, 11-man football playoff system beginning in 2012. The expansion called for Minnesota's 32 most populous high schools to create a Class 6A tournament, which will be broken into four sections—Section 3, 4, 5 and 6—with each section consisting of eight teams.

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According to the MSHSL, Eagan's enrollment is 2,147, which makes it the 12th largest high school in Minnesota.

Watch this space for updates and comments from the EHS athletic community.  

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